Voters Back Home Don’t Mind If Mark Meadows Bucks Authority

Health InsuranceApril 17, 2017Comments Off on Voters Back Home Don’t Mind If Mark Meadows Bucks Authority

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference in February on Affordable Care Act replacement legislation.

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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference in February on Affordable Care Act replacement legislation.

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On Capitol Hill, Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows carries a reputation of a right-wing rebel — after he and his group of roughly three dozen hard-line House conservatives helped kill the Republican health care bill last month. But back home in his western North Carolina congressional district, Meadows is hailed a hero.

I’m sure there are a lot of people in North Carolina who wanted him to get on the Trump train and vote to pass it, but he didn’t.